Copy-holder.



N0- 830,991. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

J. J. GRIFFIN.

COPY HOLDER. APPLIOATIONPILED MAY 10,1906.

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l I N [TED STATFlg PATENT orrion.

JOHN J. GRIFFIN, OF SPARKS, GEORGIA.

COPY-HOLDER.

Pate pted Sept. 11, 1906.

Serial No. 316,117.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sparks, in the county of Berrien and State of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to copy-holders capable of successful use bytype-writists, compositors, copyists, and others, the object of theinvention being to provide a simple device of this character which canbe inexpensively made and which is effective in use.

A copy-holder made in accordance with my invention includes rollers ofsome suitable kind, between which the paper or copy is fed, and a plateset in front of the rollers, said plate having a sight-opening throughwhich a line or lines of matter on the paper or copy associated with therollers may be seen. This plate in the present instance is mounted to belifted, by reason of which the paper or other copy can be readily ledbetween the rollers. I/Vhen the paper is posil tioned for copyingtherefrom, the plate will be lowered so as to bring the sight-openingtherein opposite the line or lines of copy.

In the (rawings accompanying and forming part of this specification Ishow in detail one simple form of embodiment of the invention, which, toenable those skilled in the art to practice said invention, I will setforth in detail in the following C escription, while the novelty of theinvention will be included in the claim succeeding said description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a copy-holder involvinmy invention. Fig. 2 is a Cross-sectiona view of the same.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the views.

A copy-holder involving my invention comprises a plurality of rollers.The rollers I may be of any desirable number, although I prefer toemploy two, as shown in the draw ings, each of the rollers beingdesignated by 2 and being shown as superposed, the paper or copy to betranscribed being passed between these rollers and positively fedtherebetween. One of the rollers may be provided with a knob, as 3. Imake the upper roller of a weight sufficient to cause the same to makeproper contact with the copy fed between the two rollers. I do notrestrict myi self to any particular construction of rollers. Each ofthem may, for example, consist of a i wooden core and a rubber orequivalent covering on the core. The rollers have journals at their endssupported in vertical slots, as 4, in vertically-disposed standards 5,which are shown as rising from the base 6 and as surmounted by the top7, the standards5, base 6, and top 7 constituting a convenient frameworkfor the device. The base 6 is made wider than the top, so as toconstitute a table for supporting the copy, the copy passing from theupper side of the base or table 6 on the-forward side of the lower roll2 and then between the lower roll 2 and the upper roll 2, the line orlines of the copy being read by a user of the device when the copy is infront of the lower roll.

In front of the two rollers I dispose a face plate, as 8, which when inits normal position abuts at its lower edge against the upper surface ofthe base 6 in order to bring a slot or sight-opening, as 9, in saidface-plate 8 directly opposite a line of copy in front of the lowerroller 2. The slot 9 may be of a depth suflicient to read several lines,although ordinarily it is of a vertical extent sufficient to read but asingle line, whereby confusion will be avoided. The length of the slot 9is prac tically the same as that of the rollers, so that I can read copythroughout the entire width thereof. The faceplate 8 is verticallyslidable in slideways on the standards 5, so that it can be lifted fromits normal position to permit the ready passage of copy between therollers 2, said plate having a vertical movement sufficient to carry itslower edge above the bite between the two rollers.

That I claim is- A copy-holder comprising a base, standards rising fromthe base, rollers supported by the standards and between which copy isfed, the base constituting a supporting-table for the copy, and a plateslidably supported by the standards for the purpose of elevating saidplate to bring its lower edge above the bite between the rollers, theplate having a longitudinal slot positioned when the plate is sustainedby said base, opposite copy on the rollers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. GRIFFIN.

Witnesses:

M. L. Pnmnsn, W. L. LOVETT.

